Ko-Ko Joe Lyrics

(Ko-ko Joe)

(Ko-ko Joe)

(Ko-ko Joe)

Uhh!

(Ko-ko Joe)

Go ahead home.

(Ko-ko Joe)

Up in Appaloosa county,

There's a place called Ko-ko Ridge.

Sittin' right on the bend,

On the Etowah River

Where the water washed away the bridge.

Cotton Mouth Country.

(Ko-ko Joe)

A river rat's knee high,

(Ko-ko Joe)

Way up around the back border,

Lived a man,

That the river folks talked about.

They said you better stay away from Ko-ko Joe,

'Cause he's cause he's crazy no account.

(Ko-ko Joe)

Ko-ko Joe

They called him the Etowah River swamp rat,

The folks despised him.

(Ko-ko Joe)

Ko-ko Joe,

He was an awfully peculiar man.

The river was his only friend.

And the folks didn't understand,

The man called Ko-ko Joe.

(Ko-ko Joe)

(Ko-ko Joe)

He'd eat monkey meat and mashed potatoes.

He drunk a brew called Mo-jo Claw.

That he beat outa roots from old dead stumps,

On the banks of the Etowah.

Made him walk a little funny

(Ko-ko Joe)

Made his breath smell funky.

(Ko-ko Joe)

Well he never come across the river,

'Cause the folks didn't like him in town.Jerry Reed - Ko-Ko Joe - http://motolyrics.com/jerry-reed/ko-ko-joe-lyrics.html

They said his hair was long,

His clothes were dirty,

They didn't want him hangin' around.

Ko-ko Joe

They called him the Etowah River rat,

The folks despised him.

(Ko-ko Joe)

Ko-ko Joe,

He was an awfully peculiar man.

The river was his only friend.

And the folks didn't understand,

The man called Ko-ko Joe.

(Ko-ko Joe)

(Ko-ko Joe)

Well it happened a year ago Sunday,

And they still talk about it today,

How the dam broke loose,

On the Etowah River

Nearly washin' everybody away.

The river water rising,

(Ko-ko Joe)

Washin' up all the bushes,

(Ko-ko Joe)

Well the headlines said,

How a mother said, my son woulda lost his life,

But he was pulled from the mud in the Etowah River,

By the man y'all despised.

(Ko-ko Joe)

Ko-ko Joe,

They called him the Etowah River rat,

The folks despised him.

(Ko-ko Joe)

Ko-ko Joe,

So be careful what you say, my friend,

About folks you don't understand.

Someday you might need a man like Ko-ko Joe.

(Ko-ko Joe)

Go ahead home son,

(Ko-ko Joe)

Ko-ko Joe,

They called him the Etowah River rat,

The folks despised him.